National Hockey League

FINAL
Washington Capitals 6
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Philadelphia Flyers 3
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WSH1326
PHI1113
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Match Report

Ovechkin scores 2, Capitals beat Flyers 6-3

— Alex Ovechkin scored twice to move within one goal of Marcel Dionne for fifth place on the NHL’s career goal-scoring list as the Washington Capitals downed the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Saturday.

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Team Stats

12
Blocked Shots
15
17
Hits
24
5
Takeaways
4
41
Shots
25
2
Power Play Goals
1
5
Power Play Opportunities
4
40.0
Power Play Percentage
25.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
24
Faceoffs Won
37
39.3
Faceoff Win Percent
60.7
5
Giveaways
9
4
Total Penalties
5
8
Penalty Minutes
10

Top Performers

WSH

  • Ilya Samsonov GA 3 · SA 25 · SOS 0
  • Garnet Hathaway BS 1 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • Nicklas Backstrom BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 2
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov BS 1 · HT 0 · TK 0

PHI

  • Alex Lyon GA 5 · SA 40 · SOS 0
  • Sean Couturier BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 1
  • Claude Giroux BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 1
  • Scott Laughton BS 1 · HT 3 · TK 0

Recent Plays

  1. 20:00 · 3rd
  2. 20:00 · 3rd
  3. 19:41 · 3rd
  4. 19:40 · 3rd
  5. 19:30 · 3rd
  6. 19:30 · 3rd
  7. 19:22 · 3rd
  8. 19:18 · 3rd

Head to Head

WSH leads series 5-1

Injuries

Philadelphia Flyers

  • Rasmus Ristolainen Injured Reserve
  • Owen Tippett Injured Reserve
  • Travis Konecny Injured Reserve
  • Nikita Grebenkin Injured Reserve

Washington Capitals

  • Logan Thompson Injured Reserve
  • Vincent Desharnais Injured Reserve
  • Rasmus Sandin Injured Reserve
  • Patrick Thomas Injured Reserve

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